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Technology NewsRadioShack Profit Falls2008-04-30 05:56 - The consumer electronics retailer said its profit fell to $38.8 million on sales of $949 million, down from $42.5 million on sales of $992 million a year earlier. Perot Systems Posts Higher Earnings 2008-04-30 05:55 - The software services company earned $28 million in the first quarter, helped by offshore contracts, but forecast second-quarter revenue below analysts? expectations. Rambus Says Court Sides With It in Samsung Suit 2008-04-30 05:55 - Memory chip technology developer Rambus said that a U.S. appeals court sided with the company in a lawsuit that Samsung Electronics had filed against Rambus. Microsoft Cuts Xbox Prices in Four Asian Markets 2008-04-30 05:55 - Microsoft said it is cutting prices on the Xbox 360 in four Asian regions by as much as 20 percent in an effort to expand the audience for the video game console. Bits: Why Ballmer Will Keep Chasing Yahoo 2008-04-30 05:55 - If Microsoft dropped its bid for Yahoo, it would be admitting it couldn?t really catch up to Google for consumer Web services. Take-Two shares rise amid rave reviews for GTA4 2008-04-30 05:15 - Criminal action video game Grand Theft Auto IV won near-perfect praise in early reviews on Monday, boosting the shares of publisher Take-Two Interactive Software. MySpace karaoke for some, but not us 2008-04-30 05:15 - The combination of MySpace and kSolo allows users to upload audio recordings of them singing to their profile page. Bits: Verizon Makes Money by Cutting Prices 2008-04-29 06:01 - Verizon says that until its recent $99 unlimited voice wireless plan, only 4 percent of customers chose to pay $99 or more. Now it’s getting 13 percent of its customers at that level. Matsushita Profit Surges on Sales of Cellphones and TVs 2008-04-29 06:01 - Japanese electronics maker Matsushita’s profit more than doubled in the January-March quarter, buoyed by strong sales of cellphones, flat-panel TVs and DVD players. Video Game Review | Grand Theft Auto IV: Grand Theft Auto Takes On New... 2008-04-29 05:55 - Grand Theft Auto IV is a violent, intelligent, profane, endearing, obnoxious, sly, richly textured and thoroughly compelling work of cultural satire disguised as fun. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 |
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